Wagon end-gate.



W. E. HINZE.

WAGON END GATE.

APPLICATION FILED 11111225, 1910. RENEWED NOV. 1, 1911.

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W. E.- HINZB. WAGON END GATE.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 25, 1910. RENEWED NOV .1,1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orrion.

WILLIAM E. HINZE, OF HAMBURG, IOWA.

WAGON END-GATE. 1

Application filed June 25, 1910, Serial No. 568,907.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. HINZE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Hamburg, in the county ofFremont and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in 'Wagon End- Gates, of which the following is aspecification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in end gates for wagons and hasfor its object to provide a simple, durable and efficient device of thischaracter which may be arranged upon the rear end of the wagon body toposition the same at an incline for loading material upon or removingthe same from the wagon, and means for supporting the end gate in anelevated position rearwardly of the wagon body.

A further object of my invention resides in the provision of means forsecurely holding the end gate closed, such holding means being soconstructed that the end gate may be quickly and easily released.

l Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction and the combination and arrangement ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, the endgate being shown in closed position upon the end of the wagon; Fig. 2 isa side elevation, the end gate being lowered to an approximatehorizontal position, the inclined position of said gate being shown indotted lines; Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; andFig. 4 is a section taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring more particularly to the drawings 5 indicates the sides of thewagon box or body which may be of any desired height, and (3 the floorthereof.

The end gate 7 is constructed entirely from sheet steel or galvanizediron and comprises the side plates 8 and the body plate 9. The sideplates and the body plate are rigidly secured together by the rightangular corner strips 10, rivets or other suitable fastening means beingemployed. One end of the body plate 9 is turned over and crimped uponthe ends of the connecting strips 10, as shown at 9. This provides aprotection for the ends of the connecting strips and also presents asmooth outer edge over which the material to be loaded Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1912. Renewed November 1, 1911. Serial No. 658,062.

upon the wagon may be easily moved without danger of bending the plates.The other end of the body plate 9 is bent upon itself into substantiallytubular form, as indicated at 11. The edges of the side plates 8 arealso bent over upon themselves to strengthen the same, as shown at 8.Angle bars 12 are socured to the corner strips 10 by means of the rivets13. These angle bars materially strengthen the construction of the endgate so that the same when in its inclined position will support theweight of a man as it is occasionally desirable for him to hear hisweight upon the gate in the loading of the wagon.

To the floor 6 of the wagon box at its rear end, a cleat 14 is secured.Clips 15 are secured to this cleat on opposite sides of its center andextend above the same. The ends of these clips are slightly curved andare resilient and between the same and the bottom or floor of the wagonbox the tubular end 11 of the body plate 9 of the gate is disposed, saidtubular portion resting upon the cleat 14. As will be obvious from aninspection of the drawings, the side plates 8 of the gate move upon thesides 5 of the wagon box, the lower tubular edge of the body plate 9rotating between the floor 6 and the clips 15.

To each of the plates 8 a laterally extending arm 16 is secured. A rod17 is loosely connected to the end of each of said arms and is movablethrough an eye 18 bolted or otherwise secured to the side of the wagonbox. The ends of the rods 17 are curved or hooked, as shown at 17, toengage with the eyes, thereby limiting the upward and downward movementof the end gate to support the same in the position indicated in fulllines in Fig. 2. As shown in Fig. 1, when the gate is moved to itsclosed position upon the end of the wagon box, the rods 17 move entirelythrough the eyes 18 which also receive the ends of the arms 16. To eachof the side plates 8 of the end gate a clamping plate 19 is secured. Theend of this clamping plate is bent, as shown at 19, to receive the rod17. These clamping plates are normally engaged with the sides of the endgate and after the gate has been closed, the rods are moved between thesides of the gate and the clamping plates 19. As the rods are forcedinto position the plates 19 are sprung outwardly and the rods arereceived bet-ween the curved or bent portions of said plates and thesides of the gate, securely clamping the same in position. hen thusarranged it will be observed that the arm 16 and the rod 17 are disposedat an acute angle with relation to each other, and that any pressurewhich is brought to bear upon the gate would only tend to force the rods17 farther inwardly between the clamping plates and the sides of the endgate. The gate is thus securely held in its closed position so that allliability of the same becoming accidentally released and discharging thematerial from the wagon box is obviated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have devised very simple,durable and comparatively inexpensive end gate construction. Theresilient bearing clips 15 will at all times retain the end gate in itsproper position for movement on the end of the wagon box. By employingmy improved holding means the gate may be instantly released when it isdesired to permit the same to assume a horizontal position or aninclined position for the loading of material upon the Wagon.

\Vhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it will be understood that the same may be variously modifiedwithout departing from the essential features or sacrificing any of theadvantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

An end gate for wagons comprising a metallic bottom plate, angularcorner strips having one of their flanges secured to the bottom plate,the edge of said bottom plate at one end being bent over said flanges ofthe corner strips, the edge of said bottom plate at its other end beingbent into tubular form, side plates riveted to the other flanges of thecorner strips, one of the longitudinal edges and one of the end edges ofeach of said side plates being bent upon itself to form strengtheningbeads, and a plurality of angle bars extending across the bottom plateof the gateand rigidly secured at their ends to the first named flangesof the corner strips.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

VILLIAM E. HILNZE.

Vitnesses CHANDLER CAMPBELL, RALPH. CLAYTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

